Comments on: Penguin Books 75th Anniversary Giveaway

By: Eileen Elkinson

Eileen Elkinson — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:29:26 +0000

Hi there-
I am a subscriber:

I think I’d enjoy a trip with the Kellerman’s. They both have written some exceptional mysteries and I have read most of them. We could talk.

Eileen

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:59:08 +0000

Travis---Haha! Good point about the Mini being too small for Ellroy. Perhaps Truman Capote would be more fitting. And don't even start about it being a time machine. I'd try to cram so many authors from the past in there, it'd look like a clown car. Shell---Sophie could definitely help you get into Secret Agent school! karenk---You're welcome and thanks for being a subscriber. L13---I like the stories about your family, too, especially those involving your mother and/or family reunions. That is an incredible group of authors in your car. Might have to strap myself to the hood just to listen in on the conversation. Anita---Oh, your car would be rocking with laughter!

By: Anita Yancey

Anita Yancey — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:57:52 +0000

I subscribe by email. I would like to spend time in that car with Janet Evanovich. I have been wanting to read this book, it sounds really good. Please enter me. Thanks!
ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:30:03 +0000

First off, you know I love to hear your stories from your youth and introduction to this culture. Your reactions and insights from those times are always a welcome read.

For me as we tool around my home town, I think I’d want (especially for their individual L.A. perspectives) riding with me in the Mini would be Raymond Chandler, Walter Mosley, and Robert Crais. Oh, the places we’d go…

Thanks, Elyse.

By: karenk

karenk — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:46:50 +0000

thanks for the chance to read this fabulous novel…love your mini cooper scheme 🙂 i’m an email subscriber, too…

By: Shell Sherree

Shell Sherree — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:43:34 +0000

What a great competition, PCN, and that Mini Cooper is all kinds of wonderful, as is the Penguin. Though I’m not eligible, I’ll go for Sophie Littlefield, not because I want to steam up the windows with her {I’ll leave that to Eirego}… but because I’d love some personalised “kick-ass” tips!

By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:46:50 +0000

Hmmm. It would be fun to drive around LA with James Ellroy pointing out different historical crime areas of the city as well as places where he committed his own shameless exploits… the problem is that he is manically animated and has wingspan over six feet. Driving in a Mini, I’d probably end up with a bloody nose at minimum and possibly a lost eye or an accident. So I think I’ll take a controlled recluse like Cormac McCarthy and drive him around until he loosens up (good gas mileage) and tells me how writes such efficient prose.

If the Mini were a time machine, I’d go back to the fifties and take Jim Thompson for a spin.

I’m a subscriber.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:08:05 +0000

I'm loving these responses! DarcyO, Connelly is shy so you might have to initiate the conversation. But he's really funny once you get him started! Dorothy, you'd have a good time with Moore! Kieran, when you're with Rowling, please find out when her next book is coming out and what it's about. And yes, I'm guessing Joyce might stink up the car in a way no air freshener would cure. Amy, I'm ashamed to say I haven't read Stegner or Karr but---the former's status aside---they sound like good company. And you're welcome re: the giveaway. I love sharing good books! Paulette, look at my sidebar in the upper right hand corner under the heading "Subscribe & Follow." Enter your e-mail address in the box, hit "submit" then follow instructions in your confirmation e-mail to verify your subscription. And if you've got Daniel Craig in the car, make room for me! EIREGO---I liked the Italian Job sequence, too, but Bourne is more memorable for me because it's a better movie. And I don't think Sophie needs that bat. You do know she's 9 feet tall and has arms of steel, right? Reader#9---Um, I think I'll tell Alafair to stay in the front seat. meg---Oooh, spooky! You should do it on Halloween for extra creepiness. The car is even painted orange!

By: meg

meg — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:29:31 +0000

I am a subscriber by email. I’d love to sit with Stephen King in the orange car in the dark listening to his latest story ideas.

By: Reader#9

Reader#9 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:28:14 +0000

I would like to sit in the back seat of that minicooper with Alafair Burke!